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Tesla Model S breaks Consumer Reports' test scale

A customer checks out a Model S P85D at Tesla's store in San Jose, Calif., this month. The high-performance model has forced Consumer Reports to retool its ratings scale for cars. (BLOOMBERG)
August 27, 2015 05:00 AM

When Consumer Reports bought a Tesla Model S for road testing this spring, its $127,820 hatchback got off to an inauspicious start. After 27 days and 2,300 miles, an electric door handle failed, locking the driver’s door shut.

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